MCQ 14 September 2024

Daily MCQs for Judiciary Prelims Exams - (14 September 2024)



Question/ Answer
Question1:- Where the mortgage is illegal for want of registration but the mortgagee continues in possession of the mortgaged property, a valid mortgage comes in existence after the expiry of:
  • a) 5 years
  • b) 10 years
  • c) 12 years
  • d) 20 years
Answer is C is correct. Refer Section 49 of TPA, 1882. Additionally, According to Article 58 of the Limitation Act, 1963, the period for which a person must be in possession to claim title by adverse possession is 12 years. Therefore, option (c) is correct.
Question2:- The basic ingredients of the doctrine of lis pendens are:
  • a) The suit should be collusive
  • b) Property should have been transferred or otherwise dealt with
  • c) A litigation should be pending in a court of competent jurisdiction
  • d) The suit must not be related to a specific immovable property
Answer is C is correct. Refer Section 52 of TPA, 1882. Therefore, option (c) is correct.
Question 3:- Which of the following is valid consideration for establishing a lease:
  • a) Rent partly in money and partly in kind
  • b) A stipulation to pay government assessment or taxes payable by the lessor
  • c) a personal agreement by a tenant to pay a certain sum or a certain quantity in kind to the landlord
  • d) All of the above
Answer is D is correct. Refer Section 105 of TPA, 1882. Therefore, option (d) is correct.
Question4:- Which of the following are valid illustrations of an anomalous mortgage?
  • a) A possessory mortgage without a conditional sale
  • b) A possessory mortgage with a right to cause the mortgaged property to sale in the event of default in payment
  • c) Both A and B
  • d) Neither A nor B
Answer is B is correct. Refer Section 58(g) of TPA, 1882. Therefore, option (b) is correct.
Question5:- When one of the parties to marriage is of unsound mind, the marriage is:
  • a) Valid
  • b) Voidable
  • c) Void
  • d) None of the above
Answer is B is correct. Refer Section 12 of HMA, 1955. When one of the parties to marriage is of unsound mind, the marriage is voidable at the option of aggrieved party. Therefore, option (b) is correct.
Question6:- A marriage which is void ab initio is a..
  • a) Total nullity
  • b) Partial nullity
  • c) Valid
  • d) None of the above
Answer is A is correct. Marriage which is void ab initio is a.. total nullity i.e. it has never come into existence. Therefore, option (a) is correct.
Question7:- When two persons are descended from a ‘common ancestor’ by the same ‘wife’ they are said to be related to each other by
  • a) Half blood
  • b) Full blood
  • c) Both a and b
  • d) None of the above
Answer is B is correct. Refer Section 2(c) of HMA, 1955. Two persons are said to be related to each other..by full blood when they have descended from a common ancestor by the same wife. Therefore, option (b) is correct.